The Bureau of Land Management is planning a truly boneheaded move, angering some conservationists over the affects to herd populations and migration routes. From Field & Stream.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently released a draft plan outlining potential solar energy development in the West. The proposal is an update of the BLM’s 2012 Western Solar Plan. It adds five new states—Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming—to a list of 11 western states already earmarked…… [read more]
US Coast Guard officials were alerted by an SOS message on a shack roof and spotted a man waving his arms in the air calling for help.
The man told them he had been attacked by a bear and hadn’t slept for days after it kept coming back to his camp.
He was found with chest bruising and an injured leg he had taped up.
The helicopter crew had been on their way to fly a team of scientists on a wildlife research mission when they were diverted off-course by weather and spotted the distress message.
According to the New York Times, the man had almost run out of ammunition for his gun and the door of the shack where he was staying had been ripped off.
“At some point, a bear had dragged him down to the river,” Lieutenant Commander Jared Carbajal told the newspaper. “He had a pistol. He said that the bear kept coming back every night and he hadn’t slept in a few days.”
The pilots found the man stumbling out the shack waving a white flag.
The man has not been named but officials said he is in his late 50s or early 60s and had been reported overdue home from the trip by friends.
The US Coast Guard flew him to hospital in order to get medical attention, but say his injuries are not life-threatening.
The Alaska Department for Fish and Game describe the state as “bear country” but emphasises that aggressive encounters with the species are rare.
Rare.
I’d like to know more details. What kind of handgun? What caliber? I assume – since it hadn’t been done yet – this wasn’t the sort of firearm one could rely upon for a one or two shot kill.
How much ammunition did he carry? Why didn’t he carry more? Why didn’t he carry GPS and a satellite phone with uplink?
So many questions. Maybe this will be followed up with more reporting.
“How does any dog survive in the White River National Forest for a month, much less an eight-pound, ten-month-old, little Cockapoo?” the Chaffins wrote.
“There was plenty of water between the creek and the rains. Was she eating grasses, cow pies, an occasional varmint? This is a drainage populated by coyotes, fox, mountain lion and bear — how did she manage to hide? What stories Bella could tell but will never be told.”
To a dog guy like me, this is heartwarming.
But the owners were irresponsible. Get your dog chipped.
It is doubtful that state courts outside of New York would enforce New York State court judgments, especially in the 34 states with laws shielding gun sellers from lawsuits arising out of criminal misuse of weapons—many of which are precisely where the out-of-state sales that concern New York take place.
There are good things that could come out of New York’s attempt to hold firearms manufacturers liable for misuse of gun (like, say, holding Ford liable for someone using a truck to run over people).
The more difficult and less incentivized it becomes for firearms manufacturers to do business in New York, the better.
The end goal wouldn’t just be the complete end of firearms manufacturing in New York. It would be for the atmospherics of firearms liability to be so bad in New York that manufacturers refuse to sell even to law enforcement in New York.
But where there is $$$ involved, there will always be some manufacturer who’s willing to sell to LEOs even if it means confiscation of firearms from peaceable men.
Still, the option is out there – a splintering of states and laws such that states once again become the laboratories of democracy as envisioned by the founders.
Video shows a man pull out a gun and start firing right before Detroit police officers appear to flee.
The department has launched an investigation into what was captured on the police dashcam. The officers could face consequences from the incident that happened on June 30 if wrongdoing is found.
The gunman hung out of the back of a car and fired shots at a man, striking him. Video appears to show officers speeding away instead of jumping into action.
“Troubling, not consistent to training,” Interim police Chief James White said.
White said the officers did return to help the man who was shot. He said the department is investigating if the officers called the shooting in.
“Shocking is an understatement. I think we all have the understanding the police are to run towards danger as we are running away from it,” Local 4 Legal Analyst Neil Rockind said.
And where did you get that false understanding? Who taught that to you? You’re a legal analyst – you’re supposed to know better.
If the Panel Opinion remains, Black is meaningless, because there will always be “more” available to any police officer. Even if an individual has violated no law, they will be subject to detainment based on any speculative crime which generally could be committed by any anonymous person. A man walking in the direction of any woman might be a rapist, given that he would appear to have the physical ability to carry out a rape. Any driver of a car heading in the direction of any other human being might be a potential murderer, because they appear to have the physical ability to run-over people, should they so choose. The analogies could go on and on because, like the Michael Walker case, these scenarios are all generalized, rather than based on individualized reasonable suspicion.
Deputy Donahoe did, and claims to have done numerous other times, exactly that which Black forbade: to assume that being a felon in possession of a firearm was the default status; that, without more, he could detain and ID anyone he saw with a firearm. He admitted that he had no information that Walker may have been a prohibited person. (J.A. 162:5-8). Donahoe admitted under oath that had no indications that Mr. Walker was a threat to anyone, nor appeared to have any ill intentions (J.A. 167:1-4). Donahoe told Mr. Walker at the beginning of the stop, “At this point, I have the absolute right to see whether you’re legal to carry that gun or not.” (See J.A. 209 – Video of Incident).
I like the cut of his jib. Either the Fourth Circuit mans up and does the right thing, or else their decision in the Black case is meaningless (we’ve covered this case too having to do with Mr. Black and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department).
I discussed this case with a Charlotte cop I know at length – I’ll reiterate what we discussed at some point again in the future. Needless to say, I was disappointed at the cop’s lack of concern over what the Fourth Circuit had decided, and equally disappointed in the rights he felt he had to detain people.
There are many of those. But this one is quite interesting, and I’ll repeat what I’ve said before: I don’t start my day without coffee, even if I’m on the trail. A better way of saying it is that coffee starts my day.
In this case, coffee may save your life one day on the trail in less than optimal circumstances. You can start fire with it.
I wonder if this works with flint and steel or a ferro rod? I guess there’s one way to find out.
On an FFP the reticle expands or contracts in conjunction with the magnification, allowing the gradations of the reticle design, whether milliradian (mil), minute of angle (m.o.a.) or bullet drop compensating (BDC) to remain proportional. With the high range of magnification possible on today’s optics, it is a true luxury to crank the power to whatever is ideal for the level of support, the field of view desired and the precision of shot placement, then simply hold on the correct reticle gradation for the range and begin to press the trigger.
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Most AR shooting, in whichever role—whether sporting, competition or duty/defense—is done within the “sweet spot” of the .223 Rem. trajectory where the shooter can simply hold on the intended target and get the hit. With the common 50-yd./200-yd. zero the bullet’s path is within the margin of error out to about 250 yds. This lets a shooter enjoy a consistent reticle image that remains the same, regardless of the magnification, and is still bold and visible at the low end.
However, if the shooter has to hold over for the occasional long shot with the magnification topped off at the maximum, the reticle holds are “true.” Six power is a good compromise for visibility at distance but is still low enough that many shooters can use maximum power from an unsteady support without getting motion sick from the image and, thus, prone to snatching the shot off.
I think this is a pretty good article, explaining what you’re giving up with each choice. For FFP scopes and high powered rifles, the reticle adjusts according to magnification. This lets the shooter more accurately judge holdovers with extreme distance and magnification.
But that reticle looks mighty small on low power. For SFP scopes, there is no need to go to high magnification to make accurate judgments of holdovers because the reticle is always the same size. But for extreme long range shooting (as long as you can get with an AR), that reticle won’t adjust with magnification.
